FILE - In this July 16, 2017 file photo, 3's Company coach Allen Iverson yells to his team during a game against Tri State during in the BIG3 Basketball League in Philadelphia. Iverson did not show up for the Big3's games in Dallas, and the league says it is investigating his absence. (AP Photo/Rich Schultz, File)

Ice Cube suspended Allen Iverson from the BIG3

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August 02, 2017 05:25 PM EDT

Rapper Ice Cube on Wednesday said he has suspended basketball star Allen Iverson from playing in his BIG3 league for one game.

“Well, we talked about holding up the legitimacy of the league and he knows that him not showing up hurts us,” Ice Cube said Wednesday, referencing Iverson missing last Sunday’s BIG3 game in Dallas. “Who’s happy to be suspended? Nobody.

“But [Iverson] understands that it’s a necessary step in the development of the BIG3 [for those] who don’t believe what we’re doing and what we’re going to do in the future,” Cube added during the organization’s weekly teleconference, according to USA Today.

“Our league is bigger than one man, and we’ve got Hall-of-Famers, champions, All-Stars, first-round picks, and we have to think about them. He understands that.”

Some Twitter users on Wednesday expressed surprise that Iverson had been suspended during the BIG3’s first-ever season.

You mean to tell me Allen Iverson got a 1 game suspension from the Big 3 league? We talkin' bout Big 3 League, not the NBA lol...